Dimension Data Senior Azure Technical Architect - Cape Town Jobs in South Africa

Dimension Data Senior Azure Technical Architect - Cape Town Jobs in South Africa

The Senior Technical Architect works with colleagues and contributes to the development and design of complex solutions based on their technical knowledge across two or more technology domains. The individual in this position is required to complete the overall technical design and build of the large, complex elements of the solution to meet a client’s business requirements.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

Provides detailed and specific advice regarding the application of their specialism(s) to the organisation's planning and operations.

Responsible for solution design, business development and transition of projects from presales to delivery as well as ongoing sales support.

Select and apply appropriate design standards, methods and tools, consistent with the agreed enterprise and solution architectures and ensure that these are effectively applied and adopted.

Guide successful implementation and execution of system solutions.

Contributes to the development of solution architectures in a specific business, infrastructure or functional areas.

Map business processes and relationships clearly, in line with the solution features, and ensure that the recommended approach supports the overall scope of the solution.

Designs components using appropriate modelling techniques following agreed architectures, design standards, patterns and methodology.

Provides pre-sales technical support and expertise in analyzing client requirements, in conjunction with the client’s current infrastructure, architecture, system capabilities and business challenges.

Responsible for influencing and guiding members of the Sales team to ensure that they are equipped to close deals.

Provides input to the requirements baseline and investigates, manages and applies authorized requests for changes to baselined requirements, in line with change management policy.

Develop the technical design document to match the solution design specifications.

Lead the scope of work determination, product pricing and RFP/RFI responses and assist with the decision to pursue or abort a deal.

Manages client proof of concept (POC) initiatives, which require an appropriation of appropriate resources, and setup and delivery of the POC.

Provide coaching and mentorship to junior Technical Architects

Requirements

Academic Qualifications and Certifications

Minimum Microsoft certified Azure Administrator Associate Certification

Preferably Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect

Expert

Preferred Qualification in Information Technology, Computer Science or Information Systems

Beneficial- Certification and working knowledge of Enterprise Architecture methodologies (e.g. TOGAF, Zachman, SOA, ITIL, COBIT, etc.)

Relevant vendor and industry certifications, e.g., Microsoft, Cisco, VMware

Beneficial- Certification and working knowledge of Enterprise Architecture methodologies (e.g. TOGAF, Zachman, SOA, ITIL, COBIT, etc.)

Relevant vendor and industry certifications, e.g., Microsoft, Cisco, VMware

Beneficial - Software and programming languages eg.Powershell

Requirements

Minimum 3 Years Azure experience.

Minimum 5 Year Architecture experience

Demonstrated experience in Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Strong track record as an architect of new systems/solutions

Preferable demonstrated work experience working as a systems administrator or network engineer

Proven client engagement and development consulting experience

Experience managing expectations when balancing alternatives against business and financial constraints

Extensive experience in a variety of architectures for specific domain or specialization

Demonstrated experience presenting technical solutions

Experience working in an agile development environment

Knowledge, Skills and Attributes

DevOps and Infrastructure as Code (IAC)

Good product knowledge integrated with deep technology understanding

Solid understanding of the vendor’s products, business and technology positioning

Excellent communication skills both verbal and written

Ability to establish and create excellent client relationships with their technical expertise

Ability to develop and leverage their knowledge of reference architectures

Continuously maintain knowledge of trends and development in technology domains

Deep and specialist knowledge of the problem domain that their systems are to provide solutions for

Demonstrated knowledge in core frameworks used

How to Apply

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